Transfer the grapes after their harvest and throw them into the winepress, i.e. in a tank at the ground floor of the hut which exists in the vineyard.

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During the antiquity: Vine cultivation and winemaking constituted an important priority of the Minoans, as proven by the stone winepresses as well as the built ones (patitiria) which were discovered in Vathypetro of Archanes, Zakros, Petra Sitias and elsewhere.

During those years the winepresses were carved in calcareous rock (a type of soft rock which is easily carved) mainly in a rectangular or square shape, with a height of approximately one meter. Their base had a downward slope and an opening to facilitate the flow and collection of the must. After the trampling of the grapes, the must flowed from the "koutsounaraki" (tap) into the trough (container), which looked like a stone basin dug in the earth. A holding tank stood by the trough to collect the liquid when the trough overflowed.

During recent years: Today remnants of groups of winepresses, troughs (containers) and grape presses, (galeagra, mangana) carved in limestone are preserved east of Paliani Monastery, east of Venerato, at Gorgolaini Monastery, and at Agios Georgios Mesambelitis church in Pyrgou. Also, in the Skepasta area of Pyrgou there are dilapidated vaulted buildings which probably were covered winepresses.

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